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Do you have what it takes to race the Silverman?
See first hand what it takes to race the Nevada Silverman Triathlon. Elliot Drake shares his amazing journey of what it took for him to finish his first iron-distance triathlon and first marathon – all in one weekend!
Excerpt from Elliot’s blog…
I came into special needs for a bathroom break, a fresh bottle of calories, and some prophylactic ibuprofen. AMAZING volunteers at special needs. By the time I stepped out of the bathroom, my water and food were swapped out and my bag of ibuprofen was open and dangling in front of my face. I was blown away by how efficient they were and got back on my way. I rolled through mile 56 at just about exactly 3 hours. I was WAY ahead of my projected pace through this heinous course but I felt fantastic and like I was still riding conservatively.
I do not consider myself a strong biker so this came as quite a surprise and I decided to continue with what was a good thing. This part of the course was mentally tough, though, as we were a long way from home and we had turned around into a stout headwind. The few miles after special needs were very difficult but I caught a few people and got through them. I passed one guy who had either skipped body marking or had washed his numbers off, didn’t appear to have a number on his bike, and was riding with headphones. He had a timing chip, though. A couple minutes after I passed him I looked back and found him about 6 feet off my wheel. I looked back a couple more times and he dropped back, never to be seen again. Fortunately, the big headwinds at around miles 55-60 did not stay that strong for the rest of the trip back.
Click here to read more of Elliot’s amazing race report…
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